Adding Azure Pipeline status to GitHub README.md

I noticed in some GitHub projects a build status badge in the README.md display. As I have Azure Pipeline builds setup for two of my projects, CSVComparer and SuperMarketPlanner, I thought it would a good idea to add this.

Handily, there is a REST API interface available for the Azure Pipeline build!

The link for the badge is of the form:

https://dev.azure.com/{Organisation}/{Project}/_apis/build/status/{pipelinename}

For CSVComparer that's: 

https://dev.azure.com/jonathanscott80/CSVComparer/_apis/build/status/jscott7.CSVComparer

Then I can add a hyperlink to the badge to navigate to the latest build page when clicked. This is of the form:

https://dev.azure.com/{Organisation}/{Project}/_build/latest?definitionId={id}

Again, for CSVComparer that's: 

https://dev.azure.com/jonathanscott80/CSVComparer/_build/latest?definitionId=2

The definitionId is the ID of the Pipeline assigned by Azure. You can find this by navigating through to the Pipeline page via https://dev.azure.com/{Organisation}/

(Useful link for the official docs here : Azure Pipelines documentation | Microsoft Docs)

Finally, to put it all together add this to the README.md file:

[](https://dev.azure.com/jonathanscott80/CSVComparer/_build/latest?definitionId=2)

Here is what it looks like:

And clicking on the badge takes us here: